The Incredible Science Behind Lightning Bolts
In less than the blink of an eye, a single lightning bolt can unleash power six times hotter than the surface of the sun. Despite being one of nature's most frequent and destructive phenomena, occurring up to 8 million times daily, it is also one of the least understood.
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